diff --git a/typo3/sysext/scheduler/Classes/Controller/SchedulerModuleController.php b/typo3/sysext/scheduler/Classes/Controller/SchedulerModuleController.php
index d799ce0b27ffa406982326ddba196b3d6737f659..a3f4feec120b0466b4fac9cb2b546774583a041c 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/scheduler/Classes/Controller/SchedulerModuleController.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/scheduler/Classes/Controller/SchedulerModuleController.php
@@ -1125,11 +1125,7 @@ class SchedulerModuleController extends \TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Module\BaseScriptClas
 						$table[$tr][] = $schedulerRecord['uid'];
 						$table[$tr][] = $executionStatusOutput;
 						if ($schedulerRecord['description'] !== '') {
-							if (!empty($this->scheduler->extConf['listShowTaskDescriptionAsHover'])) {
-								$table[$tr][] = '<span title="' . htmlspecialchars($schedulerRecord['description']) . '">' . $name . '</span>';
-							} else {
-								$table[$tr][] = $name . '<br />' . nl2br(htmlspecialchars($schedulerRecord['description'])) . '<br />';
-							}
+							$table[$tr][] = '<span title="' . htmlspecialchars($schedulerRecord['description']) . '">' . $name . '</span>';
 						} else {
 							$table[$tr][] = $name;
 						}
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/scheduler/ext_conf_template.txt b/typo3/sysext/scheduler/ext_conf_template.txt
index 23375cd6587faccafd5723753867185541a4671a..1bfaf503a3976feeb3124af3cce58808b7002464 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/scheduler/ext_conf_template.txt
+++ b/typo3/sysext/scheduler/ext_conf_template.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,3 @@ showSampleTasks = 1
 
 # cat=basic//; type=boolean; label=LLL:EXT:scheduler/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_em.xlf:scheduler.config.useAtdaemon
 useAtdaemon = 0
-
-# cat=basic//; type=boolean; label=LLL:EXT:scheduler/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_em.xlf:scheduler.config.listShowTaskDescriptionAsHover
-listShowTaskDescriptionAsHover = 1